Art has never really been valued in our system unless it proves some marketing benefit to get people to buy the product. Many people don't spend a significant amount of money on art. In our late stage capitalist system, corporations absolutely will use whatever technology they can do avoid paying, which is why we're seeing demand break down.

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EtherWhack 0 points 10 months ago

Since when did video games get "seasons"?

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WallsToTheBalls 8 points 10 months ago

For like… a decade or more now?

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chuckleslord 3 points 10 months ago

It's a live service thing. I think the term popped up in 2019 with the modern warfare remake, but the concept's been around for a while. Googled it

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EtherWhack 1 point 10 months ago

Ah. I've more heard the mention of a season as when a game or installment is released during the year. Like, "This season's Battletoads...". Not that a game's iteration was called a season. The more you know I guess.

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bridgeenjoyer 3 points 10 months ago

Kids today probably have never played a finished game, lol

Its a ploy to suck em dry, keep them addicted, then scrap it all when shiny new thing comes in. As its always been, but its far worse now and only getting worse.

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cerebralhawks -16 points 10 months ago

I don't care as a gamer. Fortnite is a free game and you can have all the fun anyone can have for free. Yes, they sell virtual currency, it's used to buy cosmetic items of pop culture references. Like I seriously thought about dropping ~$45 for the Kpop Demon Hunters pack. But I didn't. I like KPDH but I really don't play Fortnite much. Enough to keep it on my Xbox, but not nearly enough to spend real money on it.

I do care as a game industry watcher/commentator (of no real note; I'm not some blogger you've heard of, just some random asshole on forums/Lemmy) because Fortnite is, from this point of view, a demo of the Unreal Engine. And if they're using AI slop in it, it just makes Unreal look bad and that sucks, because it's a great engine, from a gamer perspective at least. I don't like Fortnite because of the memes and the pop culture references (though they are fun), I like it because I played Unreal Tournament (the first one) when it was new, and playing Fortnite, it's a lot of the same motions. The game moves exactly how I expect it to, and I value that. No, it's not like Unreal Tournament or Deus Ex, but it's the same feel. I love how it plays, and it's absolutely gorgeous to look at.

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